This is an analysis of the poem When A Breeze That Is Peaceful Comes that begins with:

I enjoy my privacy immensely.
It's like an unexpected calm that comes, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab acb XcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011100010 0111010111 1001000010011 01110 011101 1101 11011010 1011010 0010010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of When A Breeze That Is Peaceful Comes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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